Monument record MWX277 - Water meadows, Abbotsbury

Probable irrigation works of late 18th century date, comprising a number of parallel banks about 48ft from centre to centre with cross-banks forming a series of long rectangular basins, lie immediately north of Abbotsbury Swannery. <1>

Probable irrigation works of late 18th century date lie immediately north of Abbotsbury Swannery. They comprise a number of parallel banks with cross banks forming a series of long rectangular basins. Seen on a 1970's aerial photograph. <2>

The features are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs <3-4> and appear to be the remains of a post medieval water meadow system. The site was digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West) (Monograph). SDO97.

<2> Anon, 1970s APs, AP70_357000E_85000N (Digital archive). SWX8820.

<3> 01-FEB-1968, MAL 6804 003-4 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12197.

<4> Royal Air Force, 22-JAN-1948, RAF/CPE/UK/2431 4287-8 (Aerial Photograph). SDO11679.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 450583 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Aug 22 2024 2:42PM